University

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA - The German department´s website can be viewed here. On average, Bloomsburg has 13 majors and minors in German. There are two professors. Since 1995, students have an opportunity to study at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität in Jena, Germany. On campus, students also have an opportunity to participate in German Club, use the Language Lab, go on cultural excursions, attend film evenigs, game nights, as well as Kaffeeklatsch. Courses recently offered include German I, II, III, and IV, Applied Phonetics and Pronunciation, Conversation and Composition I and II, Culture and Civilization I and II, Special Topics, German Studies Abroad (1-6 credits), Commercial German I, Selected Twentieth Century Writers, Contemporary Issues in the German Media, Seminar: Mass Culture and High Culture and Masterpieces of German Literature. Teachers and students communicate via Blackboard. For more information, please contact Luke Springman.

Dickinson College
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA - Dickinson College uses Kontakte and Stationen. Course offerings range from elementary German to seminars on topics of German culture and are listed on their website. The are around 20 students majoring or minoring in German at Dickinson and students have the opportunity to do a full year or the spring semester in Bremen. The department comprises 3 full time faculty at Dickinson. Activities include German Club, German Table, Film evenings, Max Kade events, Writers in Residence and International Poetry Week. Currently, the faculty communicates with students via Moodle, Wikis and Blogs. For more information, please contact Sarah McGaughey, Chair.

Franklin & Marshall College
Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA - Franklin & Marshall College offers courses in Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced German (6 semesters, often as topics courses), as well as a topics or genre course each semester, some in English with a German discussion session. There are one or two first-year seminars every year in English on a German cultural, historical, or literary theme. They use Kontakte and Wells-Rankin: Handbuch zur Deutschen Grammatik. There are currently 3 German majors at F&M and 4 professors. Students have the opportunity to participate in the German Club, watch German films, go on field trips, and participate in the weekly coffee and game hour. Technologies that are utilized include BlackBoard for classroom management & discussions, lots of online materials. F&M does not have its own exchange program, however students have participated in AJY/Heidelberg, IES/Berlin & Freiburg, Middlebury program in Mainz, and the Millersville program in Marburg. They are currently (2010) undertaking a exciting, thorough revision of our curriculum at all levels. To find out more, please visit the German page or contact Curt Bentzel.

Lehigh University
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA - Lehigh University offers courses in Elementary and Intermediate German, German Culture, Literature, Film and Business. The texs utilized are Neue Horizonte and Kaleidoskop. Please visit the Lehigh German Department Page. Each year, there are between 15 and 20 German majors and minors and there is one full time professor and one or two part time. Students have the opportunity to study abroad with TU Dortmund for the semester or the summer. We also have a summer program in Bonn. Beyond that, there are also many other study abroad possibilities. German majors and minors participate in the German Club and film evenings. For more information, please contact Vera Stegmann.

Millersville University
Millersville University, Millersville, PA – Millersville University offers a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Science in Education, a Master of Arts, and a Master of Education program in German. We have two full-time professors and between 25 and 30 majors. Class size in Intermediate German is about 25 and in upper-level classes on the average 15. Our German club meets once a week and organizes German dinners, movie nights, field trips, games, and more. We encourage students to study abroad during their junior year. Our partner university in Germany is Philipps Universität Marburg. We also have a credit acknowledgment program with the Goethe-Institut. All graduate courses for Masters students meet during a five-week summer institute with a no-English rule. For more information, please visit our department website or contact Susanne Nimmrichter.

Penn State University
Penn State University, State College, PA - Penn State offers six different degree options for German majors and a great variety of German courses from Elementary German to advanced courses on German language, literature and culture. Penn State students can participate in a wide range of education abroad and internship programs in Germany and Austria. For more information, please download the PDF overview of Penn State's German program or visit the Penn State website

Shippensburg University
Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA – Shippensburg University offers a minor in German Studies. The program uses the textbook (incl. online workbook) "Deutsch na klar!" and we currently have one full-time professor plus some courses taught by adjunct professors. Course offerings range from elementary German to seminars on topics in German literature and culture, taught both in German and English. While Shippensburg does not maintain its own German exchange program, we encourage students to study abroad and frequently send students on other programs, e.g. to Marburg or Salzburg. Shippensburg offers almost weekly German events such as German Club meetings, Stammtisch, movie nights, field trips, and more. For more information, please visit our department website or contact David Wildermuth.

Susquehanna University
Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA - Susquehanna University boasts a great variety of courses. There is an upper level topics course that changes each year with timely topics ranging from Islam in Germany to Expressionism to Water Sciences. For the beginners, Susquehanna uses "Auf geht's",which is an interactive program, plus workbook. There are on average 10 majors and 5 minors at Susquehanna. There are one and a half German positions. There are several opportunities for students to study abroad. Students are also offered the opportunity to go to the Goethe Institut. Students have the opportunity to participate in German Club and also a German Table. For more information, please contact Susan Schurer.